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Lumen Paperback - 2002

by Flammarion, Camille; Stableford, Brian (translator)

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Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2002. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0-8195-6568-7 Very little wear overall; light rubbing to the bottom corners; the rear cover surface could be cleaner. Text is clean. 'In this famous nineteenth-century novel, a cosmic spirit named Lumen reveals the scientific wonders of the celestial universe to Quaerens, a young seeker of knowledge. ... Lumen is the first science fiction novel to imagine (30 years before Einstein's theory of relativity) the differences in perception that might result from traveling at velocities close to and beyond the speed of light.' This is the first modern English edition. 153 pages..
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  • Title Lumen
  • Author Flammarion, Camille; Stableford, Brian (translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Trans. from the
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, Connecticut
  • Date 2002
  • Features Annotated, Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 014890
  • ISBN 9780819565686 / 0819565687
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.58 x 5.62 x 0.45 in (21.79 x 14.27 x 1.14 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002023475
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Lumen was first published by Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) in 1872 as part of the Stories of Infinity collection. Flammarion was a well-known French astronomer, writer and highly successful popularizer of science during the late 19th century. This famous novel, written in the form of a philosophical dialogue, features a cosmic spirit named Lumen who reveals the scientific wonders of the celestial universe to Quaerens, a young seeker of knowledge. Within its pages, the author mixes empirical observations about the nature and speed of light with vivid speculations about such diverse subjects as reincarnation, time travel, the reversibility of history and the ecospheres of alien planets. Lumen is one of the first science fiction novels to include detailed descriptions of alien life forms and the first to imagine (30 years before Einstein's theory of relativity) the differences in perception that might result from traveling at velocities close to and beyond the speed of light. This Wesleyan edition is the first English translation of the original French text in over a hundred years. The volume includes notes, appendices and a critical introduction.

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Citations

  • Asimov's Science Fiction, 04/01/2003, Page 131
  • Choice, 12/01/2002, Page 637
  • Foreword, 07/01/2002, Page 67
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/25/2002, Page 46

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